Senate GOP blocks bipartisan bill to expand child tax credit
- Senate Republicans blocked a bipartisan tax package aimed at expanding the child tax credit and restoring business tax benefits.
- Democrats proposed the vote to highlight the child tax credit ahead of the November elections, affecting vulnerable party members.
- The package could help 16 million low-income children by increasing the child tax credit, alleviating poverty for half a million children by 2025, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
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Senate fails to advance bipartisan tax bill with poverty-fighting child tax credit
The tax relief would have had a substantial direct impact on U.S. Catholic households. According to Pew Research, 55% of Catholic households make under $50,000, including 36% making under $30,000.
U.S. Senate fails to advance expanded child tax credit, despite broad House support
Children from the KU Kids Deanwood Childcare Center complete a mural celebrating the launch of the Child Tax Credit on July 14, 2021 at the KU Kids Deanwood Childcare Center in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images for Community Change) WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans and two independents blocked a bipartisan tax package Thursday that would have temporarily expanded the child tax credit and revived tax breaks for some business a…
Bipartisan deal to expand child tax credit fails in Senate - The Nevada Independent
Both of Nevada’s senators voted in favor of a long-stalled package to expand the child tax credit, but the proposal was ultimately killed by Senate Republicans. A rare victory for bipartisanship, the tax package — negotiated between Senate Finance Chair Ron Wyden (D-OR) and House Ways and Means Chair Jason Smith (R-MO) — passed the House in February with more than 350 votes — including those of all four House Nevadans — among the 435 representat…
U.S. Senate fails to advance expanded child tax credit, despite broad House support
Children from the KU Kids Deanwood Childcare Center complete a mural celebrating the launch of the Child Tax Credit on July 14, 2021, at the KU Kids Deanwood Childcare Center in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images for Community Change)WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans and two independents blocked a bipartisan tax package Thursday that would have temporarily expanded the child tax credit and revived tax breaks for some business a…
U.S. Senate fails to advance expanded child tax credit, despite broad House support
Children from the KU Kids Deanwood Childcare Center complete a mural celebrating the launch of the Child Tax Credit on July 14, 2021 at the KU Kids Deanwood Childcare Center in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images for Community Change)WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans and two independents blocked a bipartisan tax package Thursday that would have temporarily expanded the child tax credit and revived tax breaks for some business ac…
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